As developers continue to submit information about their new apps to the iKidApps.com blog, we are continue to check them out and highlight a few of our favorites for our readers. In this round-up of the best new kids apps, we check out math and science apps for elementary-school-age children, routine builders for toddlers and spelling help for early learners. Check out the videos below and let us know which of these apps you think are the worthy of the title of best new kids apps!

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by Natalie

The best iPhone games aren’t just for kids. There are plenty of apps that capture the attention of parents, and can even keep the whole family entertained! Recently, my husband has formed an addiction for iPhone puzzle apps; not the jigsaw kind, but rather puzzles that challenge the mind and force you to think. Here are a few of our favorites that are great for keeping the minds of parents, and older kids, good and sharp!

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If you’re a parent then you know your Android phone is not always your own. Kids are drawn to them like moths to a flame. With such a wide variety of kid-friendly apps out there, we put our Android phones in their hands more and more often.

It’s your job to keep your child, your Android and your wallet safe. The most effective way to do this is to disable accidental app purchases in the Android Market. With a few simple precautions you can increase Android phone security for kids and avoid unwanted app purchases. (more…)

As an app developer, marketing and support is an essential function of your job. While most developers are confident in their ability to produce a great app, many are left wondering how to create an equally great website to offer information and tech support to consumers after the app has launched. Fortunately, developers need not spend their time designing a website from scratch. With these highly rated website templates, app developers can have a good website up with minimal time and effort – and get back to producing new apps for iPhone and Android users to clamor over.

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There are hundreds of great Android apps for kids out there, but how many of them are truly catered to young girls? Whether you are taking your daughter on a road trip, driving her to school or just trying to entertain her long enough to enjoy some quiet time, there are a few great Android apps for young girls.  Below we take a look at five cute apps that range from dress up games to educational apps.  The best part? They’re all free.

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iPad is simply another tech device to keep kids plopped on the couch playing games. Or is it? Educational programs throughout the world are beginning to invest money in the purchase of iPad tablets in the hopes that interactive, educational apps will engage children while mixing important learning with what kids simply view as “fun.”

In the past, children learned to form letters and numbers by tracing over a dotted line with a pencil; over and over again. Math was practiced with beans for counting and teachers had to check each student’s work for accuracy before children knew if they had succeeded at solving that pesky equation. Leaving forward thinking, tech-savvy educators and app developers to wonder: is there a better way?
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Do you, by any chance, remember when people bought iPods for listening to music? The sole purpose of this innovative Apple device was to download, transport and rock out to your favorite tunes. It was a simpler time. Now, we have iPhones, iPads, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle…The list goes on, but one of the hallmark qualities of all of these devices is their ability to grant us access to that great equalizer: music. Whether you’re 3 or 93, there’s an app out there that can help bring music to life on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Get ready to rock.

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Android phones outsell iPhone today! So at iKidApps.com we took notice and we are trying to review many more Android kids apps for our readers. Below is a list of the top 5 best math apps for Android.

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Passwords provide a way to keep information private or, in the case of parents, keep kids out of technology when they’re unsupervised. Both the iPad and iPhone can be locked with a passcode that requires entry before the device will function. This means that as a parent you control when children have access to the family iPad; even if they did sneak it into their room in hopes of a bedtime Agnry Birds session. Much like the passcode that can be set to enable Restrictions and parental controls on the iPad, this code is a key to maintaining control of the technology of your home.

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The kinds of accessories available for smartphones are becoming increasingly impressive. While a nifty case or speaker dock used to be impressive, tech researchers are beginning to produce devices that enhance the smartphone experience for the young and old alike. The tech gurus at Disney Research, Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University recently released announced the development of a side by side projector that allows users to play interactive games being projected onto a wall. It’s the overhead projector of the future.

The side by side projector works with a few different game apps that are designed specifically for the system, while researchers also suggest that the technology may be used for information sharing, like file exchange, in the future. How, exactly, does it work? That’s a little more complicated; but cool!

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